We propose an infeasible interior-point algorithm for constrained linear least-squares problems based on the primal-dual regularization of convex program...

We investigate surrogate-assisted strategies for global derivative-free optimization using the mesh adaptive direct search MADS blackbox optimization algorit...

Energy and the environment are closely interconnected. In particular, energy-related carbon dioxide emissions are major contributors to climate change. To an...

The classical p-median problem assumes that service to customers is always provided by the closest facility, while in practice, customers often interact for...

The Canadian province of Quebec has set for 2030 a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction target of 37.5% below 1990 levels. Meeting such a reduction targ...

We propose a factorization-free method for equality-constrained optimization based on a problem in which all constraints are systematically regularized. ...

For optimization problems involving many nonlinear inequality constraints, we extend the bound-constrained (BCL) and linearly-constrained (LCL) augmented-La...

In this paper we consider a version of the capacitated vehicle routing problem (CVRP) where travel times are assumed to be uncertain and statistically corre...

Within state-of-the-art optimization solvers such as IBM--CPLEX the ability to solve both convex and nonconvex Mixed-Integer Quadratic Programming (MIQP) pro...

Brand imitation is a common practice that can take different forms, i.e., legal copying, as in the case of clones and knockoffs, or illegal, in the case of...

In the last 20 years, there has been increasing interest in using advanced simulation and optimization techniques to develop and manage mineral resources a...

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Signatories of the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are exploring avenues to drastically abate their ...

The multiple depot vehicle scheduling problem (MDVSP) has been widely studied in the context of public transit systems. It consists of building vehicle sched...

In global liner shipping networks a large share of transported cargo is transshipped at least once between container vessels, and the total transportation ti...

Canada was a proactive participant in developing the Paris Accord (COP 21; December, 2015), and committed to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30%...

Let \({\mathcal D(G)}\), \({\mathcal D}^L(G)={\mathcal Diag(Tr)} - {\mathcal D(G)}\) and \({\mathcal D}^Q(G)={\mathcal Diag(Tr)} + {\mathcal D(G)}\) b...

Let \(G\) be a graph of order \(n\). The energy \(\mathcal{E}(G)\) of a simple graph \(G\) is the sum of absolute values of the eigenvalues of its ...

Despite the lack of theoretical and practical convergence support, the Nelder-Mead (NM) algorithm is widely used to solve unconstrained optimization proble...

The mining value chain comprises many inter-related components, from mines to transportation, to customers. When the individual components are optimized sep...